Step 9

Create a colored area ranging from 135px to 400px (using your horizontal guides).

Fill this area with 4e666e.

Step 10

Now apply a pattern overlay to this colored area.

I used an old SquidFingers pattern I had lying around on my computer, but use anything you think will work.

Pattern Overlay Settings:

Blend Mode: Multiply
Opacity: 40%
Scale: 100%

Step 11

Now create a new layer called ‘highlight’. Create a lighting highlight in the right area of your patterned space.

Drag out a white to transparent radial gradient, and then change this layer’s blend mode to ‘overlay’ and reduce it’s opacity to 35%.

Step 12

Now cut out and paste in your image of businessmen. Use whatever extraction you think is the most appropriate, but I used the trusty pen tool:

Step 13

Now apply a hue/saturation, levels and curves adjustment layer just above your businessmen photo. For each adjustment layer apply a clipping mask (layer>apply clipping mask) so that they only effect your photo, rather than the entire canvas.

Hue/Saturation Adjustment Layer Settings:

Hue: 0
Saturation: -85
Lightness: 0

Levels Adjustment Layer Settings:

12 / 1.00 / 221

Step 14

Now apply some text over the left part of this ‘mid area’.

Header Text Settings:

Font Face: Mido
Size: 36pt
Kerning: -50
Color: ffffff

Welcome Paragraph Text Settings:

Font Face: Arial
Size: 14pt
Kerning: -50
Color: b8deed

Step 15

Now using your path tool, create a curved tab area in the bottom right of your ‘mid area’.

Thanks for the mention Trisha! Yeah, it took me a while to come up with that color scheme but I was pretty happy with it. The businessmen photo was deliberately made to look washed out – just part of an effect I was trying. I guess it’s not to everyone’s taste though .

I gotta say, it’s great to hear real feedback instead of all the comment trolls you get these days saying stuff like ‘good article’. Actual discussion in the comment area actually stimulates our creative minds rather than simply glossing over useless comments!